Thanksgiving break is nearly over and the long winter break looms in the cold Portland fog. Here’s some ideas on scrapping those pictures your kids bring home to you.
Photo or Scan them, print them in a smaller size and scrapbook the copies.
Scan them and use them for cards printed at snapfish or another print shop. [...]
I’m going to let you in on a little secret. I don’t really know that much about glue. I’ve worked with regular glue, glue dots, and photo corners, as well as a few other options. Here’s what I’ve learned. Primarily, these items are used for sticking paper to paper in [...]
For the most part, this list of most common photograph mistakes can be applied to the everyday photos we shoot of our lives. I’ve repeated the list below, but for more detail you really should view his list; he has photo examples ( which I’ve purposefully left out ) and paragraphs of explanation. (I [...]
If the dozens of crops around the Portland Area don’t quite do it for you, or if you want to plan a party with a scrapbooking theme, let’s talk about how to set up a crop. You’re going to need four main things for your crop; Space, Snacks, Stuff and Scrappers.
Cropping Space
You may [...]
Dooce has a quickie “tutorial” for how she created her semi-random looking masthead for this month. This tutorial adapts pretty easily for creating your own paper or header backgrounds, digitally. Basically, find a photo you like, and modify it. In fact, you could probably use photos from Flickr; make sure to check their license, [...]
It’s spring, and with spring come new scrapbooking packages. Here’s a friday freebie I found (image link goes to page where you can download the freebie, at another site.) To help you get started, here’s a list of ten “Spring Themed” page titles. Of course, you can use your own.
Over at the Scrapbook Rescue, there’s a brief example of how your color choices for a page can help your photos look more “normal.” Briefly, it uses the idea behind an optical illusion to shift our perception of their color.
I finally got around to finishing the “classical design theory” article; you can find it here. I broke it into two pieces, because it seemed pretty long, but I think it’s a fairly quick read.
“White space” is as important a design element as where you place your pictures, what sort of journalling you use and what embellishments you use. Not enough, and your layout looks cluttered. Too much, and your layout is sparse and drab. Read this great explanation of white space and learn more than you ever [...]
